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Prince William School Board meeting cleared due to unruly crowd 09/16/2021 01:04am • Police trying to clear the room at the Prince William County School Board meeting on Sept. 15, 2021. (InsideNova/Jared Foretek) This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Treasurer sentenced to 3 years after stealing $1.5 million from DC ballet school 09/15/2021 09:10pm • A federal judge sentenced a woman in charge of funds for a D.C. ballet school to 42 months in prison for embezzlement. The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. said 60-year old Sophia Kim was also comptroller for the Universal Ballet Foundation which operates the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Northeast. Son, 51, arrested after father's decomposing body found in Montgomery Co. home 09/15/2021 01:56pm • A Rockville man responsible for caring for his father has been charged in connection with the man's death after police found the dad's decomposing body under a file cabinet in the Maryland home the two shared. Gary D. Howes, 51, was arrested on Sept. 9 and charged with neglect of a vulnerable adu Third child tax credit payment set to go out to families 09/15/2021 07:11am • Millions of families will soon receive their third child tax credit payments, which are set to be distributed on September 15. Most parents will automatically receive the enhanced credits of up to $300 for each child up to age 6 and $250 for each one age 6 through 17. The Internal Revenue Service Woman reported missing after fiancé returns from trip without her 09/15/2021 05:15am • ▶ Watch Video: Family of woman who disappeared on road trip with fiancé pleading for answers 22-year-old Gabby Petito from New York's Long Island was reported missing on Saturday by her family after her fiancé returned home alone from a cross-country road trip the two had embarked on Paula Hawkins follows 'The Girl on the Train' with new mystery novel 'A Slow Burning Fire' 09/15/2021 12:42am • Hear the full conversation on today’s “Beyond the Fame” podcast. Her book "The Girl on the Train" went from bestselling novel to star-studded movie. Now, author Paula Hawkins follows up with her third release "A Slow Burning Fire." "This is a book about revenge, deceit and murder Girl, 7, dies in fire in Northwest DC 09/14/2021 05:35pm • A 7-year-old girl was killed in a fire in Northwest D.C. Tuesday afternoon. D.C. Fire and EMS said the fire started in a row house on Quebec Place, near Georgia and New Hampshire avenues, at about 3 p.m. Fire Chief John Donnelly said firefighters found heavy fire at the front of the house, wit Army Ten-Miler goes virtual in light of rising COVID-19 cases 09/14/2021 12:03pm • Runners eager to race each other through the streets of D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, for the annual Army Ten-Miler will have to wait another year to do it in person. Citing the rise in COVID-19 cases stemming from the delta variant, race organizers have chosen to conduct this year's event virtua Kennedy Center celebrates National Dance Day with three-day festival 09/14/2021 11:37am • National Dance Day is usually one day of fun, but this year you can celebrate for three. The Kennedy Center is hosting an array of events this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "National Dance Day is honestly my favorite day of the year every year," Director of Dance Programming Jane Rabinovi Burgundy & Gold Grab Bag: Weak One 09/14/2021 06:09am • You thought a Washington season was going to be easy to digest? Sunday's 20-16 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers was only one step in the 17 game journey that involved everything from the earliest quarterback switch since Mark Brunell replaced Patrick Ramsey in the 2005 opener against Chicago to s US News 'Best College' rankings: Here's how schools around DC region fared 09/13/2021 04:20pm • Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, made the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report's list of best national universities. (AP/Patrick Semansky) High schoolers are returning to classrooms this fall, and even though the new school year is just getting underway, a big decision now looms large o Maryland could start taking sports book applications 'any day now' 09/13/2021 12:45pm • Football season is underway, and a handful of states such as Arizona and Washington got their sports-wagering programs up and running just in time last week, joining a growing list of jurisdictions such as Virginia, D.C., New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In the spring, lawmakers established the frame Need help with rent or utilities? Check out the STAY DC program 09/13/2021 11:30am • This content is sponsored by DC DMPED. Assistance with rent and utilities is still available after The District achieves a federal milestone for Emergency Rental Assistance. Restaurants and other public spaces may be easing their COVID restrictions, but that doesn’t mean the impacts of the p Police charge DC woman with 2020 shooting death of her boyfriend 09/12/2021 03:52pm • About 18 months ago, Bryan Tate, 37, of Southeast D.C. died from gunshot wounds sustained in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend Tamika Green. On Friday, D.C. police charged Green with Tate's death. On Feb. 20, 2020, police went to Tate's apartment on the 1600 block of 18th Street, SE Citing diversity concerns, Hogan asks nominating committee for Education Oversight Board to reopen applications 09/10/2021 09:50pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Citing concerns about a lack of diversity in the slate of nominees selected for the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future’s accountability boa